Correspondence, church pew and real estate deeds, indentures, wills and estate papers, maritime records, petitions, town warrants, church and school records, transcripts of records (1790-1791, 1911) of Brewster Congregational Church (Brewster, Mass.), genealogical data, and other materials, chiefly relating to Cape Cod history, people, organizations, businesses, and events. Includes information pertaining to towns of Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Nantucket, Orleans, Plymouth, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet, Yarmouth, and other towns in Massachusetts

These materials were deposited by Robert Babbitt, son of Walter E. Babbitt (1918-1989)

Walter E. Babbitt (1918-1989), was a well known Cape Cod historian and archivist. Mr. Babbitt was a collector of historical manuscripts and the owner of Walclif, an antiques shop in Harwich. His great interest in Cape Cod history is reflected in his collection of primary documents

Finding aid available in the Nickerson Archive, also on the Internet

List of Nickerson Room finding aids available on the Internet

This collection is part of the Individual Manuscript Collection series of the W.B. Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives, Wilkens Library, Cape Cod Community College

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